tried around 12pm and I got call back from the sane number Thanks Rahul Sent from my iPhone
> On Mar 5, 2014, at 9:50 PM, "Shreedhar TS." <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello, > > is it working for you? > > I tried it on my cell (using both the SIM cards) and I did not get > back any calls even after couple of days! > >> On 3/5/14, Rahul Gambhir <[email protected]> wrote: >> A team of engineers in Bangalore has a free voice calling service for >> any part of the world. BANGALORE: For those who do not mind the >> annoyance of advertisements right in the middle of a conversation, a >> team of engineers in Bangalore has a free voice calling service for >> any part of the world. Termed FreeKall, it brings >> voice-over-internet-like services to those without internet access. >> >> The idea, which was thought up in the dorm of M S Ramaiah Institute of >> Technology in Bangalore, was launched as a service last Saturday. >> Still in beta, or testing phase, nearly four lakh FreeKalls have been >> made so far. >> >> "The response has been phenomenal. Our servers crashed about seven >> times and we had to bring it back up," said Yashas Shekar, a >> 23-year-old who cofounded the company with college-mates Vijayakumar >> Umaluti and Sandesh Eshwarappa. "On the flip side Sandesh, and >> Vijayakumar have not slept since Saturday," chuckled Shekar, a former >> Godrej Interio employee who shut his first venture, a web development >> firm, to concentrate on this startup. >> >> The service, in some ways, is reminiscent of the trunk calls of the >> last century, except that the cloud infrastructure does the job >> instead of an operator. To make a FreeKall a user dials number >> 080-67683693 and the call is disconnected after just one ring. >> Following this, the system calls back the user, and an automated >> system prompts the user to dial the desired number. Lo and behold, the >> call is connected. The system can currently support 10,000 requests >> per second. If it goes beyond that, it will not be returned. >> >> "I must say, someone has thought out of the box. This can be truly >> disruptive if it works out well," said Hemant Joshi, who oversees the >> telecom practice at consulting firm Deloitte. >> >> FreeKall makes money by making people listen to advertisements. So, >> when the call is connected, the user hears an advertisement instead of >> a ringing tone. And at intervals of two minutes, the caller and the >> called party will have to pause the conversation and hear an >> advertisement for soaps, shampoos and the like. >> >> For now, unregistered users can make calls that last three minutes. >> For those who register, the conversations can last 12 minutes. In >> about a month, there will be no limit on the amount of time a person >> can FreeKall. International calls will be possible in about a month, >> once legal clearances are obtained. >> >> The company is aiming for 10 million calls a day in India and expects >> revenue of $30 million ( 185 crore) by the end of the next fiscal. It >> plans to take its business to Africa soon. >> >> Freekall has tieups with a media agency called Streetsmart Media >> Solutions for the advertisements. >> >> The idea originated in 2008 when Umaluti, 25, thought of facilitating >> free calls, albeit manually, through a call centre. The other >> cofounders, with their experience in web development, looked at a >> cloud-based implementation and decided to revisit the college project >> idea last year. >> >> FreeKall has received 10 lakh in seed capital from Ranjith Cherickel, >> a telecom professional who has worked at Nokia Siemens Networks, >> Verizon Wireless and Skype. "I expect them to expand internationally >> in less than a year. This will work well in developing countries and >> potentially in high-tariff developed markets," said Cherickel. >> >> Although there are several applications that provide free calls, the >> 3G infrastructure in India is not robust enough to support calls at >> all time and all places. What FreeKall is doing is trying to tap into >> areas that services such as Skype and Viber are yet to penetrate. >> >> "The company should move fast in terms of engaging with advertising >> networks and digital agencies and consider how best to get IP >> protection. A lot depends on them showing value to advertisers by >> profiling users accurately and delivering relevant targeted ads," said >> Ravi Gururaj, chairman of Nasscom Product Council. >> >> By launching an app in about a quarter, the company is also looking to >> capture the smartphone market and minimise the number of steps to make >> a call. >> >> Shekar knows that smartphone adoption and internet connectivity will >> only increase. "But it's not going to happen in the next five years at >> least. By then, we would have captured a big market," he said. >> >> Joshi of Deloitte warned of problems such as heavy loads and >> connectivity problems for cloud telephony. As for telecom service >> providers, for whom a major chunk of the revenue originates from voice >> calls, this will not be disruptive in the short term, said Joshi. >> >> "Those who use this service will mostly be prepaid users, and the >> average revenue per user is small enough." >> >> >> Source: http://m.timesofindia.com/articleshow/31456232.cms >> >> >> >> Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of >> mobile phones / Tabs on: >> http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in >> >> >> Search for old postings at: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> >> To unsubscribe send a message to >> [email protected] >> with the subject unsubscribe. >> >> To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please >> visit the list home page at >> http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in >> >> >> Disclaimer: >> 1. 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AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails >> sent through this mailing list.. > > > -- > Thanks and regards. > ಶ್ರೀಧರ್ ಟಿ ಎಸ್, ಅಬಸಿ > Shreedhar T S, Abasi > > To accomplish great things, we must dream as well as act > > Mobile: 9980989171 > > Yahoo chat ID: tss_abs > > Skype: shree475 > > Blog: http://shreeword.blogspot.com/ > > Join me on Face book: https://www.facebook.com/shreedhar.ts > > ದೃಢ ಸಂಕಲ್ಪವಿಲ್ಲದಿದ್ದರೆ ಗುರಿ ಸಾಧಿಸುವುದು ಕಷ್ಟ > > > > Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of > mobile phones / Tabs on: > http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > > Search for old postings at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > To unsubscribe send a message to > [email protected] > with the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please > visit the list home page at > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > > Disclaimer: > 1. 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